Lessons in Theology From A Young Boy Barely Seven Years Old

The Heidelberg Catechism is a Protestant confessional document taking the form of a series of questions and answers, for use in teaching Reformed Christian doctrine. It has been translated into many languages and is regarded as one of the most influential of the Reformed catechisms. This young boy in this clip goes through the first 16 questions and answers (with his dad, an ex sunni muslim). Watch this…

The challenge goes to parentd to begin teaching the things of God at home and not depend on sunday school sessions with school teachers or youth pastors. The challenge is lost or won at home and then supplimented and re-affirmed in church.

Amen to that! I have seen first hand that one cannot rely exclusively on the church to teach children the things of God. My brother, who is now with the Lord, did not know about something as basic as spiritual warfare and took his own life. Only a week before, did he tell me that he did not know that. He was, at the time, in the midst of spiritual attack and I explained to him that things like that still happen today. But by then it was too late to teach him. I was shocked to know that the church did not teach him that, I wonder what else he was not learning.